Lord Mullion's Secret (2012)
“He suspected, indeed, that it had been put back for half an hour in the continued expectation of his arrival. And it was pretty well all that had been put back, since the Mullions’ luncheon, although attended by several servants, consisted of an unassuming potage du jour followed by bread and cheese.
‘I’m sure you won’t mind falling in with our ways, Charles,’ Lord Mullion said by way of commenting on this. ‘On wholly domestic occasions, that’s to say. The fact is that when one’s getting on wha...t one comes to appreciate is a single slap-up meal in the day.’ ‘I quite agree,’ Honeybath said. ‘As the perspectives shorten, one doesn’t want to spend one’s afternoons half-asleep.’ ‘No, indeed,’ Lady Mullion said briskly. And her glance upon her guest and prospective portraitist was, for the first time, definitely approving.
‘So we dine,’ Lord Mullion pursued with a hint of apology, ‘in what you might call an almost formal way. Black tie, Charles, if it isn’t too much of a bore.’ ‘Not at all.MoreLess
‘I’m sure you won’t mind falling in with our ways, Charles,’ Lord Mullion said by way of commenting on this. ‘On wholly domestic occasions, that’s to say. The fact is that when one’s getting on wha...t one comes to appreciate is a single slap-up meal in the day.’ ‘I quite agree,’ Honeybath said. ‘As the perspectives shorten, one doesn’t want to spend one’s afternoons half-asleep.’ ‘No, indeed,’ Lady Mullion said briskly. And her glance upon her guest and prospective portraitist was, for the first time, definitely approving.
‘So we dine,’ Lord Mullion pursued with a hint of apology, ‘in what you might call an almost formal way. Black tie, Charles, if it isn’t too much of a bore.’ ‘Not at all.MoreLess
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